9/17/2023 0 Comments U2 the joshua tree tourIt would also be easy to think the move means that they have officially joined the ranks of the Rolling Stones and the Who, giants of rock that long ago contented themselves with playing their old hits at stadium shows that create tremendous amounts of excitement, nostalgia and money, but little forward motion.īut U2 have spent their entire career proving doubters wrong, fiercely resisting the easy lure of nostalgia and rising above any move that hints at cynicism. It’s very easy to dismiss U2’s Joshua Tree Tour 2017 as a cash grab by a band that’s more comfortable these days looking into the past than into the future, especially considering the blowback that greeted their 2014 LP Songs of Innocence, a public-relations fiasco of such devastating proportions that Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update is still mocking it three years after the fact.
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